“He’s no Mandela but Marcos; beware the whitewashing of Najib’s crimes”

[superadmin]

ON Aug 23, 2022, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was handed a 12-year jail sentence for abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering of SRC International funds amounting to RM42 mil. He was also fined RM210 mil.

On Sept 2, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, was found guilty of soliciting RM187.5 mil and receiving RM6.5 mil in bribes from a company trying to secure an RM1.25 bil solar hybrid project that would provide electricity for 369 schools in rural Sarawak.

She was sentenced to 10 years in jail and ordered to pay a fine of RM970 mil.

Najib’s sentencing sends a strong message: no matter how high an office you have attained, you are not above the law.

Post-verdict, however, there have been attempts to whitewash the duo’s crimes and paint Najib as a falsely accused martyr along the likes of Nelson Mandela.

- More -